Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for October 04, 2018

“I sure hope I live long enough to eat this burrito.”

“I hope it doesn’t give me gas.”

Cliff, you could eat it cold, and it will be turned into a red hot ball of expanding gases (along with you) in 42 seconds.

Hurry up! Brewster is waiting in line to use it right behind you.

He has to let is sit for a minute or it will burn his mouth.

I’m sure he can eat it in 13 seconds.

If he has time to eat any, the “end” results will add even more fuel to the coming fire!

How much you want to bet Cliff trips a circuit breaker while nuking his burrito, and kills the self-destruct mechanism?

Cliff has his priorities straight!

OK, folks. We all know this isn’t going to happen. The real question then is, “How will it be kept from happening?” That’s the fun part of the arc. So far, Gantech is in the lead, but there must surely be more interesting predictions.

Maybe he can use it to propel himself away from the station…

One unintentional way or another, Winky will save the day.

He wants to go out with a bang.

I see that the microwave box has the same color scheme as a “for Dummies” book.

Is Cliff going to stop the microwave short of zero (which a lot of people do for some strange reason) and that will also stop the countdown?

Joan Rivers said you know you’re a real fatty if you stand in front of a microwave and yell,“Hurry!”

He’s trying to slow down time through the Watched Pot Principle.